Dan Smith (singer and tattoo artist)
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Dan Smith, aka Dan Under, (born 15 April 1980 in Middlesbrough, England) is a musician .
At the age of 6 he moved to Auckland, New Zealand. Spending his childhood captured by music, Dan played in many bands all the way up until his early twenties. In 2001, after an intensive visual tattoo
education from Dean Parkin and Dan Andersen of Sacred Tattoo in Auckland, Dan began traveling playing music and pursuing his self taught tattoo career, spending the most part of 2 years in Australia
.
In 2004 Dan moved to Los Angeles, California
. In 2006 he started the alternative/new wave band The Dear & Departed
. Signing to Science Records saw the release of their first LP Something Quite Peculiar
. In 2008 he was invited to work at Kat Von D
's world famous tattoo shop High Voltage Tattoo in Hollywood.
In 2009 he was picked up to be a feature on the hit TLC
television show LA Ink
. In January 2010 the band released an EP on Equal Vision Records
called Chapters
and set out on a relentless touring schedule. Smith is now filming his 3rd season of LA Ink
and The Dear & Departed
are set to record their next LP in August/September of this year.
Smith is married to Skully, a 25-year-old radiographer, model and founder/owner of En-Veil, custom boutique veils. They live in Hollywood, California.
At the age of 6 he moved to Auckland, New Zealand. Spending his childhood captured by music, Dan played in many bands all the way up until his early twenties. In 2001, after an intensive visual tattoo
Tattoo
A tattoo is made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. Tattoos on humans are a type of body modification, and tattoos on other animals are most commonly used for identification purposes...
education from Dean Parkin and Dan Andersen of Sacred Tattoo in Auckland, Dan began traveling playing music and pursuing his self taught tattoo career, spending the most part of 2 years in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
In 2004 Dan moved to Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. In 2006 he started the alternative/new wave band The Dear & Departed
The Dear & Departed
The Dear & Departed is a rock band from Orange County and Los Angeles, California, founded by Dan Smith. Founded in 2006, the band went on the Vans Warped Tour and released their debut album the same year. In 2007 the band again played on the tour, and some other tours followed...
. Signing to Science Records saw the release of their first LP Something Quite Peculiar
Something Quite Peculiar
Something Quite Peculiar is the debut album by The Dear & Departed. The album was released May 22, 2007, on Science Records. It features the single "Tonight's the Night" and a cover of The Church's "Under the Milky Way"...
. In 2008 he was invited to work at Kat Von D
Kat Von D
Katherine Drachenberg , known professionally as Kat Von D and who has given her name as Katherine von Drachenberg in two German interviews is an American tattoo artist and television personality...
's world famous tattoo shop High Voltage Tattoo in Hollywood.
In 2009 he was picked up to be a feature on the hit TLC
TLC (TV series)
TLC was a darkly surreal farce-like sitcom set in a fictional NHS hospital called South Middlesex where coffee is traded like drugs and pretty much everyone has a personality problem. It was first broadcast on the BBC on 11 November 2002 and ran over six episodes until 16 December...
television show LA Ink
LA Ink
LA Ink is an American reality show on TLC that follows the events of the High Voltage Tattoo tattoo studios in Los Angeles, California...
. In January 2010 the band released an EP on Equal Vision Records
Equal Vision Records
Equal Vision Records is a record label based in Albany, New York, which has a focus in metal or punk-based rock genres. Equal Vision Records was founded in the early 1990s by Ray Cappo ....
called Chapters
Chapters
Chapters is a Canadian big box bookstore banner owned by Indigo Books and Music. Formerly a company in its own right competing with Indigo, the combined company has continued to operate both banners since their merger in 2001.-History:...
and set out on a relentless touring schedule. Smith is now filming his 3rd season of LA Ink
LA Ink
LA Ink is an American reality show on TLC that follows the events of the High Voltage Tattoo tattoo studios in Los Angeles, California...
and The Dear & Departed
The Dear & Departed
The Dear & Departed is a rock band from Orange County and Los Angeles, California, founded by Dan Smith. Founded in 2006, the band went on the Vans Warped Tour and released their debut album the same year. In 2007 the band again played on the tour, and some other tours followed...
are set to record their next LP in August/September of this year.
Smith is married to Skully, a 25-year-old radiographer, model and founder/owner of En-Veil, custom boutique veils. They live in Hollywood, California.
External links
- Dan Smith Tattoos official site
- Dan Smith at High Voltage Tattoo